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Private medical insurers have been urged to think about how the way their products are designed, sold and promoted may inadvertently discriminate against certain groups of people. Chico Chakravorty, founder of Doing...

Advisers have been urged to ensure they encourage customers to check their medical history, really explain how private medical insurance (PMI) works and not veer into influencing if they are engaging in...

The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) is exploring ways of contextualising data around practitioner's performance. Responding to a question raised on the second day of Health & Protection's Health Summit at Tylney...

The Association of Medical Insurers and Intermediaries (AMII) executive chairman David Middleton has warned commissions on private medical insurance cover are likely to be abolished in future. The issue of signifcantly higher...

Patients could face increased wait times for private treatment unless insurers can effectively sort out the issue of fees paid out to consultants. This is according to Federation of Independent Practitioner Organisations...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has ignored calls from across the sector to offer tax cuts or relief for those using some form of private health insurance or provision. NHS waiting lists have continued...

The government has announced plans to rollout an occupational health (OH) subsidy pilot to support SMEs in England and is consult on increasing occupational health coverage and tax incentives. The commitments featured...

Government has committed to scaling up community musculoskeletal (MSK) hubs in England to enable people to access treatment and provide free access to digital support tools hosted on the NHS website and...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said "enough is enough" and urged government to start the discussion about cutting Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) on private medical insurance (PMI). While stopping short...

The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has appointed Seema Kennedy as chairwoman to succeed Lord Kamlesh Patel of Bradford. Kennedy is a former Conservative MP, who served under Theresa May's premiership, as...